Combined tie rack and drawer



April 4, 1939. H LANE 2,153,258

COMBINED TIE BACK AND DRAWER I Filed Aug. 26, 1958 Patented Apr. 4, 1939UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,153,258 COMBINED TIE neon AND DRAWERJoseph H. Lane, Chattanooga, Tenn., assignor to Cavalier Corporation,Chattanooga, Tenn, a corporation of Tennessee Application August 26,1938, Serial No. 227,003 7 8 Claims.

This invention is'a novel combined drawer and tie-rack and the principalobject is to provide a tie-rack hingedly mounted within the drawer sothat when the drawer is pulled into open position the tie-rack may beswung from normal position lying upon the bottom of the drawer, intosuspended position at the front or at the side of the drawer in whichposition the ties may be readily placed on or removed from the rack.Ordinarily,

ties which have been placed in a drawer become badly rumpled when one isremoved, even though,

the ties may have been placed flat on the drawer bottom; moreover thelowermost ties are not easily accessible.

In my invention the tie-rack normally rests on the drawer bottom and ispivoted on a bail so that when the drawer is opened the tie-rack may belifted out of the drawer and will hang in suspended position at thefront or at the side of the drawer, whereby the ties can be taken oif orplaced upon the rack at will, and when the rack is replaced in thedrawer the ties and rack Will lie flat therein.

I will explain the invention with reference to the accompanying drawingwhich illustrates several practical embodiments thereof, to enableothers to adopt and use the same; and will summarize in the claims thenovel features of construction, and novel combinations of parts, for

which protection is desired.

In said drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a drawer partly broken away to show onemodification of my novel tie-rack in normal position therein lying uponthe drawer bottom.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the drawer, showing therack carrying the ties in position therein, resting upon the drawerbottom. I

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, showing thedrawer pulled into open position in the article of furniture, andshowing the tie-rack suspended at the front of the drawer.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing a modification in which thetie-rack is mounted so as to be swung over the side of the drawer, whenopened, rather than over the front end of the drawer.

My novel tie-rack I may be of wood, metal, or other desired material,and is provided at one end with a spaced parallel bar 2 upon which theties T (Fig. 2) may be suspended in the usual manner. At the oppositeend of the tie-rack is a handle 3 whereby the rack may be lifted out ofthe drawer D in which it is pivotally mounted.

The drawer D may be of any desired construction, and may be used in anykind of furniture, although .same is preferably used'in wardrobefurniture such as chiffoniers, bureaus, or the like. As shown, thedrawer D is provided with a partition D forming a'compartment D2 ofslightly reater width than the tie-rack I. .The tie-rack I 'is ofsomewhat shorter length than compartment D2, and is mounted within saidcompartment by means of a hinged bail 4, preferably of U-shape,

the base 411. of the bail passing through aligned bores in the supportsfor bar 2. The legs 4b of the bail are normally disposed substantiallyparallel with the sides of the tie-rack I and the outer ends of the legs4b are bent outwardly as at 40 to engage holes in the partition D and inthe adjacent wall of the drawer D, whereby the bail 4 is hingedlymounted within the drawer permitting the tie-rack I to be pulledupwardly and outwardly so as to lie suspended against the front wall ofthe drawer, as shown in Fig. 3, or against a side Wall of the drawer asshown in Fig. 4. Preferably the legs 4b are of such length, and thepivots 4c are so disposed that the tie-rack I will normally lie flat onthe bottom of the compartment D2, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. Thepartition D may be omitted, if desired, and suitable blocks may beprovided in the drawer for receiving the pivots 4c of the bail. Also thebail 3 may be replaced by any other desired form of support which willpermit the rack to lie substantially flat within the drawer and also tobe suspended from the front of the drawer when the latter is opened.

When it is desired to remove or insert a tie, the drawer is pulled outfrom the furniture F, and the rack I lifted by means of a handle 3 andpulled outwardly, the bail 4 pivoting on the members 40 so that when thetie-rack is in the position shown in Fig. 3, ball 4 will rest upon thetop of the front wall of the drawer, and the tierack I will be suspendedvertically in front of the drawer, in which position the ties may bereadily inserted or removed from the rack in the usual manner; or whenthe tie-rack is mounted so as to be suspended from a side of the drawer,as shown in Fig. 4, the bail 4 will rest upon the top of the said sidewall.

After the ties have been thus removed or inserted, and while the drawerD is still open the rack may again be lifted and swung inwardly of thedrawer so as to again enter the compartment D, and the rack will lieflat upon the bottom of the compartment, and in such position the tieson the rack will also lie flat therein, preventing same from becomingrumpled. The drawer D may then be closed.

I claim:

1. In combination, a drawer, a tie-rack normally lying within thedrawer, a handle at the front end of said tie-rack, a tie-supporting baradjacent the opposite end of said tie-rack; and a U-shaped bailconnecting the tie-rack and drawer permitting the tie-rack to be swungupwardly and outwardly of the drawer.

2. In a combination as set forth in claim 1, said bail having one endpivotally connected with the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itsother end pivotally connected with the drawer.

3. In a combination as set forth in claim 1, said bail having its basepivotally connected to the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itslegs normally extending parallel with the rack when in normal positionwithin the drawer, the outer ends of the legs being hingedly connectedto the drawer.

4. In combination, a drawer having front and side walls, a tie-racknormally lying within the drawer, a handle at the front end of saidtierack, a tie-supporting bar adjacent the opposite end of saidtie-rack; and a U-shaped bail con the tie-rack to be swung upwardly andoutwardly of the drawer into suspended position adjacent a wall of thedrawer.

5. In a combination as set forth in claim 4, said bail having one endpivotally connected with the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itsother end pivotally connected with the drawer.

6. In a. combination as set forth in claim 4, said bail having one endpivotally connected with the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itsother end pivotally connected with the drawer, said bail being of lengthto engage the top of the wall of the drawer when the tie-rack issuspended.

7. In a combination as set forth in claim 4, said bail having its basepivotally connected with the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itslegs normally extending parallel with the rack when in normal positionwithin the drawer, the outer ends of the legs being hingedly connectedto the drawer.

8. In a combination as set forth in claim 4, said bail having its basepivotally connected with the rack adjacent its inner end, and having itslegs normally extending parallel with the rack when in normal positionwithin the drawer, said legs being of length to engage the top of thewall of the drawer when the tie-rack is suspended, and the outer ends ofthe legs being hingedly connected to the drawer.

JOSEPH H. LANE.

